MUMBAI: Filmmaker Werner Herzog will head the jury of the 60th Berlin International Film Festival to be held from 11 to 21 February.

Herzog made over 50 films during a career which has spanned almost 50 years, including The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Special Jury Prize, Cannes 1975), Fitzcarraldo (1982, Silver Palm in Cannes for Best Director), Cobra Verde (1987) and Rescue Dawn (2006).

He has also produced numerous documentaries, including Grizzly Man (2005) and Encounters At The End Of The World (2007), for which he received an Oscar nomination.

This year, Herzog has two films in competition in Venice: Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans starring Nicolas Cage and My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done starring Willem Dafoe.